Black Stork Nest in Karula 2019

[Liz01]

19:02 Karl II comes home. Kati has to tell a lot




She flew to the left

[Anne7]

Good evening, everyone

Summi, Mary Jane, Liz and balistar, thank you very much for your great videos, pictures and reports!

Balistar, of course, we like your beautiful pictures a lot! And of course, they are NOT too late! Thank you for posting them!

I was really impressed by our Kati. She can be a real Fury!
I made some extra pictures if you don't mind.

Karl II, these pictures are especially for you, so you can see what a wonderful female you seduced!

14:28:16 "OFAF, don't you dare come closer or I will eat you raw!"


14:28:17 OW! That hurts!


14:28:26

[Anne7]

14:28:27


14:28:27 Here we better not repeat what Kati shouted at OFAF.


14:28:27

[Anne7]

21:13:05 Karl II is on the nest. He sleeps the sleep of the innocent.

[Michi]

Oh oh, what news here!

Good evening everyone!

Big thanks to all for the reports, comments, super videos and impressive pictures!
If I remember right, I saw Kati for the first time defending her nest so directly. How determined she was to chase the other stork away! And successful!
I almost feel a little sorry for the male stork. Thinking of Kaupo in the Latvian nest I can imagine how urgent a single stork searches for a mate. But of course our Kati is not the right for him.

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Besides of all the other marvelous and spectacular pictures I like this one a lot. I almost got a fright to see Kati like this. Here she really looks like a fury.
Well done, Kati!

[HelenL44]

that is an incredible stance of defense with the wings wrapped around and down to the ground - I'm guessing it makes the stork look larger. She was fierce!

How does a stork find a nest like this - is there a smell or some sign that they follow?

[Liz01]

Mai 2

Good Morning Anne, Michi, Mary Jane, Summi, HellenL and all

Anne, I like your great pictures much! Thank you. Michi, She did it last year as well. She probably defended the nest and eggs against Karl II.
I have to say I almost had a heart attack when I saw that he has rings. I could not remember the ring number of Karl. It could have been that he lost his transmitter.

5:07 A cuckoo calls


5:22 Karl II is already doing morning duties.


If you are interested, you can try to find out who the visitor OFAF was. Unfortunately, I have no time at the moment

Info to my request from European Coulor ring :
Thank you very much for your report of a colour marked bird. Most European colour ringing projects are listed on the European Colour Ring Birding website - www.cr-birding.org - with contact details to the ringer and/or ringing group. Please, contact them directly to get information on the bird and project.

European colour-ring Birding
http://www.cr-birding.org/

For more information on the Ringing Scheme, please visit our website:
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/ringing

[Liz01]

that is an incredible stance of defense with the wings wrapped around and down to the ground - I'm guessing it makes the stork look larger. She was fierce!

How does a stork find a nest like this - is there a smell or some sign that they follow?

Hellen, I think there are areas, where is a larger number of black storks. So it is inevitable that they meet each other. During the breeding season, such meetings are undesirable. Outside the breeding season, they are sociable.

[pazi]

here with YT it goes faster. But for details, our archives are better.
http://193.40.124.24/2019-must-toonekurg/

Maybe @Jo UK could pin the archive address on the first page? It gets asked for from time to time, and many later followers don't even know it exists.

[Liz01]

10:24 Karl is rolling the eggs

It rains. Karl II shakes the water off his plumage




roll the eggs and continues incubating

[Anne7]

Hello, everyone!

Liz, many thanks for the morning pictures and reports.

11:00:41 Karl II is not really fond of rain


11:54:08 He shakes off the drops once more


11:054:38 A little stretching

[Anne7]

13:46 Karl II is still waiting for Kati.

[Summi]

In Karula there is little rain in comparison to other regions of Estonia:
Karula parish
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Eest ... a_vald.png
and fire hazard index after the morning rain
https://ilm.ee/tuleoht/
These speak for themselves. So Karl II should not be bothered by a drop or two.

[Liz01]

14:31 Black Beauty

[Liz01]

15:32 Karl II is still waiting for Kati. Maybe Kati doesn't have any today fancy a strange male and comes very late to be sure that she stays alone

15:52 it rains

[Anne7]

15:32 Karl II is still waiting for Kati. Maybe Kati doesn't have any today fancy a strange male and comes very late to be sure that she stays alone
15:52 it rains

16:01 Still no Kati
Karl II has been on the eggs since 7:02 pm yesterday. That is already 21 hours of non-stop breeding. He is getting soaked.
Kati, where are you?

[Liz01]

In the night:
I wonder how they can see in absolute darkness.
2:51 nest bowl aerating.. poop shot, poking in the nest, wing stretching and back on eggs
2:53 sounds flying ..hmm- a bang
3:31 aerating the nest bowl
3:33 someone flew away
3:34 I hear beak clattering once
3:38 beak clattering
3:40 preening
scratching his- her head.. I think one is standing on the curved branch. It sounds like that. bang - bang

3:42 aerating the nest bowl
3:46 poking in the nest
3:48 still poking
3:50 bang on the right and poking in the nest
I do that,. because I want to know if Kati was there. I think so, she is here.
You can see it in nests with infrared cameras. They do a lot at night and sleep a little. And they are together. Most one of them is on a branch nearby

4:11 he/she is calling Oh dear! that sounds strange. Danger!
That sounds like great danger.
4:14:45 A Eagle Owl?
5:03:46 whats that! I never saw it.

video later...

[Liz01]

There was a fight in the nest
4:11 he started preening himself. Suddenly someone came. He rattled his beak and started calling.. These are very special calls.
After that a fight and he calls again. And then a eagle owl is calling near

4:15I think it is over

[Anne7]

In the night:
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4:11 he/she is calling Oh dear! that sounds strange. Danger!
That sounds like great danger.
4:14:45 A Eagle Owl?
5:03:46 whats that! I never saw it.
video later...

There was a fight in the nest

Liz, you are scaring me!
What happened in the early morning? What did you see or hear??
An Eagle Owl !?

17:05 Karl II is still on the eggs, in the rain. He doesn't look very happy.
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[Liz01]

Liz, you are scaring me!
What happened in the early morning? What did you see or hear??

I think there was an eagle owl in the nest.